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m5. 'EVANS CLARK, GIF HAMMOND,

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originan n. :,asspo, mea im esmas To L35 whom i5 may oon/cem Be itknown that I, Mrs. EMMA. Engins CLARK, a citizen oi the United Stainesj resin.- ing at Hammond, in the county of Lake and State of indiana, have inientsci new and useui Improvements-in Lingericliips, loi 4which the following is e specication.

This invention relates to s lingerie clip nml hss for its primary object the construe tion'of a `device of 'this charactertlmt wili snap into 'fastened coniiiaion thereby psc venting any chance of the clip becoming accidentally unastened..

An object of the invention is the l5 manner of, constructing the limbs of the "body with coactng members hm p'- ure of the thumb iinge muy se. ily snap the limbs into locking engageme' A. More speoicolij, it is a, eotme of this i vention to provide ontlie limbs of s @ostinaous iesiiient, Ushuped strip, snap issu-nine; of the stud and socket #L3/pe carried on the inner faces of such limbs adiscent their free ends, the snap fastening ineens being;

foi-med either of the msierisl of time limbs or suitably secured theretoj by soiclesing or electric Weldingu In eithe cased, the snap as'e wio than that of the iimbs of the body',

where'oy it is liidcleniiom View by one oi" suoli iimbs. y

A further feature o the .invention is the novel arrangement of the shield so as to prevent any material from catching between the limbs.

lVith these and other objects in View the invention may oe readily nnfieistoofi from the following' detailed desciiption taken in connection with the accompanying (l1/'swing 40 wherein:

Figure l is consifucted 1n a side elevation of the clip accordance with my invention.

Fig. 2 is on enlarged sectionai 'View lirou a portion of the clip.

3 is a top pian view of e portion oi? the oop.

Fig., i a. detailed View of s modiefl forni of my invenon. y

Again referring the sawing it will be noted that my invention consists of s l5@ shaped burly l- Limbs and 3 are tensonu in a manner to automaticaliy move ieee, salmi im. semis, 1521, Application infr mesme is peeisbly of no gre-stes miem-wes :may 14, 1am, seria xa. mpg. fof: misuse lcfi Hawk N, '1928. lzsrilll In.

sway from ascii @than A snap, fastener bei the xmbs and is of such mot 'when the limbs tra nger i Wili ne'ica'ly lock o holding the limbs against ino-vement. One mannen of con stmcmingw this snep 'fastener is clearly illus# tirateii in 'i to 3 incinsve as consist zi iioliow spiiesfcai member: stamped fioin limi@ E4 snol provided' with entrance opening- S This member 5 forms the socket oiemem; ci the snap sind is shaped. to snugly receive Esc heli member 7, which is" formed ie ci limbu lThis ball element is slot- 'points as illustrated at 8 so as pinsaiity of tongues 9 which "1 when moving through the snap int(I engsgement e. the member 5 for lockrhogethe'r. lThus it will be .opio inexpensive manner' sm sible s inbs into engagement Wi'h each ot increase the 7mlmaton of my invention have shown a shield 1G stamped from. "he'iimb 2 and. of a shape to oife'lsp the emi of Ehe limb 3 so as to presont :my mszeisi 'from working in between the eine@ lin 4 have shown a, commercial form of sus@ fssenei" secur'e to the U-shaped body potioii. This snap consists of aiexnsle member 11 soldered o1' elecia'fic welded to the limb 2, and s :nale n'iember 'L2 secured in s similar manner to the limb 3.

From the foregoing giescripton taken in connection i ith. the accompanying drawing it will be appar-em', tliab provide e device oi' pic inexpensive construction which Wiii 'heid eifectivcly together she shoulder straps of: various articles of lingerie, and wiii, when in. locked, position, positively be leid si; accidental unascziiog is of course, io be understood that the inven'ion A' y be constmcte in serieus @their .xs smi the parts associ, ed in aiii'erciit seiations lsind, therefore, l desire :to ne ilmiteci an any mense?? except ded es sei osii in the ciaims horemio emitan Honing thus dcscribe my-iiwen'biozi, whs@ claim isz. A iingoie-oiip comoiisng a Ushaped ifesihent body with a, snap fastener of the ssd esci; other "icy the thumb sind' e aises thus the vsnep ii'xsbener stud and socket type Carried respeetive-y ybythe two limbs of the body entirely between such llimbs and adjacent the free edges thereof, A

'2. .Si lingerie-clip comprising a U-shaped resilient body and snap fastening means cai'- ried thereby and comprising a stud located on the inner face of one limb ofthe body adjacent the free edge, and a socket located on theAinnei' face of the other limb of the body 3, A lingerie-elip comprising a. single narrow flat strip of spring metal'bent into a iii-shape and' a snap fastener of the stud and socket' type having its stud projecting in- Wardiy and mounted on the innerface of one of the limbs and having its socket projecting inwardly and mounted on the inner` 'face of the other limb.

4. A lingerie-dip comprising a free resiiient U--slia-ped flat strip of metal 'and a snap fastener rot' commercial form having iis stud attniied t0 the inner face of one of limbs sind having its socket attached to the .inner ieee of the other limb, said iiinbs extending across the outer faces of Snell socket members.`

5. A lingerie-clip eompiisinga U-vshape ,resilient body With a snap fastener carried bythe two limbs of the body adjacent their free, edges und comprised entirely between Such two limbs, said snap fastener being of no greater extent than the Width of the U- slinped body, whereby the san-ie may be hidden from 7view by said iinilis,

'6. A lingerieciip eomprising e.v resilient a spherical bail member smit "l i-shziped fini;

i las socket: attached to tl inner ieee ei. the etne'f limb7 the entferne die ei uit :sind Socket and base being no gi'eete 'than the 'width oi? the. limbs, said .limbs e '1 ng :i1/:Voss the outer eieesof siicn soeliet members.

7. A linggei'i -ciip eompiieing ai, ij-eiinped resilient bodjygnnd e. having one eiement preeeed frein one iinib and the other element piesed from 'tbe otiie' limb.

8. A ling A"emeiip enmpiisi n body of iesilient materiel., one of the lirnbe being stamped te mni a splieiicei soellet member and the other stamped to ioiin a spherieelbail member slotted. et spaced points so as toI snep into the gefaltet. member.

9. A lingerieeelip eoingiieing n U-siiaiped resilient body, e fi 5r having' one element Connected to one limb and the einen' element conneeted to other iiinb. .end :i shield connected to one limb overlapping the other limb.

l0, A liiigeiie-eiip cnniprieing e U-'slieperi body uit iesiiient materiah one of the limbs being stamped to ioini e Spherical soc-lietniembei and 'the otliei limb etaimioeiil te inem nt sinned points snzis to Inain into tfie .eozfiiet meinlien and e. shield bent from. L limb and oi'ez'lnii 'ping the end o? the ot'liei iim when l'lie bali 'filed to lie innen faire of one oi' 'the inni@ and liziving ifs 

